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E. RICE. Cover for Pail or Tub.

No. 226,1" Patented Mar. 30,1880.

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IINTTED STATES ELIAKIM Bron, 0F NANUET, NEW YORK.

COVER FOR PAILS OR TUBS.

SPEGIFIGATIOF forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,111, dated March30, 1880.

Application filed February 9, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ELIAKIMRIGE, of Nan net, in the county of Rocklandand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Covers for Pails or Tubs and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in covers for pails and tubs; andit consists in attaching the three parts of the cover together by meansof a metallic plate, which is provided with a number of slots whichextend at right angles to each other, and through which pass nails orscrews, to limit the movements of the various parts, as will be morefully described hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe same.

A represents a tub or pail having a recess, B, made in its top edge toreceive the cover. This recess is made largest or widest at its top orbottom, and the edge of the cover is made of a corresponding shape, sothat when the cover is placed inside of the top of the tub or pail, andthen the parts of the cover are expanded outward, the cover will be soheld that it cannot be raised until the wedge which expands the coverhas been drawn outward, so as to allow the cover to be contracted Thetwo parts 0 of this cover are connected together by a metallic plate, D,which is provided with the slots E, so as to allow one of the parts tomove inward toward the other. Between these two parts is placed thewedge G, which has a flange, I, projecting from both of its edges tocatch in corresponding grooves in the inner edges of the two boards orparts of the cover. In opposite edges of the pail are cut the twonotches a, which correspond in shape and size to the ends of the wedgeG, and in these notches the ends snugly fit, as shown in Fig. 1, whenthe cover is in position. Passing down through the long slot 0 in theplate is a nail or screw, N, which catches in this wedge, and which nailor screw acts as a stop to limit the movement of the wedge back andforth. Through the slots E, into that part of the cover just under them,are passed the nails or screws a, which bind the plate and that part ofthe cover together. As these nails or screws do not bind the platetightly down upon this part of the cover, this part of the cover canmove freely back and forth the distance of the two slots E. This wedgeacts in the usual manner for the purpose of expandin g the two parts ofthe cover tightly into the recess formed in the top of the tub or pail,and thus locking the cover securely in place.

By the use of the slotted plate the three parts of the cover are securedtogether so that they cannot become separated or lost, and yet areallowed a free movementupon each other.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A cover for pails and tubscomposed of the two parts 0 and wedge G, in combination with the plate1), having the slots E O, and the nails or screws a N, which passthrough the slots and limit the movements of the parts, substantially asshown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this28th day of January, 1880.

ELIAKIM RICE. -Witnesses:

GEO. H. BROWN, Gno. B. ABRAMSON.

